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‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Interest Rivals ‘The Force Awakens,’ Says Disney Head

Edit Inquisitr 22 Sep 2016
A Star Wars Story and he shares that opinion with Variety as someone who has already seen a rough cut of the film, proving he speaks of the story with much more information than even the most die-hard fans ... It’s just that expecting another blockbuster as successful as The Force Awakens might just have been expecting too much, particularly from a stand alone Star Wars film....

Disney CEO Bob Iger Talks 'Star Wars' Plans Through 2020

Edit Moviefone 22 Sep 2016
Disney CEO Bob Iger discussed the franchise during an investor gathering today as he touched on "Star Wars" films through 2020, his expectations regarding box office performance, and the company's strategy for success, reports Deadline. Not surprisingly, Disney is planning on more "Star Wars" films and spinoffs moving forward, especially after seeing the industry struggle....

Malaysia: Drop Criminal Case for Showing Film (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Sep 2016
The law defines 'film' very broadly, and could potentially be applied to home videos or videos taken on a smartphone ... 'No Fire Zone' tells the story of war crimes committed in the last months of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009, including Sri Lankan army shelling that indiscriminately killed thousands of civilians and the extrajudicial executions of captured fighters and supporters of the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam....

3 years after '12 Years,' Nyong'o's face is back on screen

Edit Times Union 22 Sep 2016
In the African chess prodigy tale "Queen of Katwe," a now much more established Nyong'o has reunited with Nair for a film that reflects much of the actress's past, as well as her future ... In the three years since, she's appeared in "Star Wars ... But "Queen of Katwe," she says, epitomizes the kind of film she wants to be in ... "It takes one film at a time, one story at a time, to actually shift the norm," she adds....

There WILL be a new Star Wars movie in 2020

Edit Digital Spy 22 Sep 2016
Disney CEO Bob Iger has now revealed that he's met with a writer for the long-rumoured third Anthology film now confirmed to arrive in 2020 ... "I had a meeting yesterday with [producers] Kathy Kennedy and we mapped out - well, we reviewed - the Star Wars plans that we have until 2020," he told investors on Wednesday (via ComicBookMovie)....

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Adds Chinese Actress Jing Tian

Edit IMDb 22 Sep 2016
Cale Boyter will serve as the film’s executive producer ... at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ... Boyega will play the son of Elba’s character, who sacrificed his life in the original film....

Lovers and the Despot Digs Into Kim Jong-il's Plot to Rule Cinema: Kidnapping

Edit Houston Press 22 Sep 2016
You have yearned for years to create a truly great North Korean cinema, one whose films would be celebrated around the world. (A cinema charged with extolling your family's divinity, of course.) To that end, you've arranged the kidnapping of a favorite South Korean film star, the actress Choi Eun-hee, stolen away from Hong Kong by your own secret agents ... Get the Film & TV Newsletter....

Marion Cotillard tosses Brad Pitt rumors out with Instagram post

Edit AOL 22 Sep 2016
(CHINA OUT) Actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt attend the 'World War Z' Japan Premiere at Roppongi Hills on July 29, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan ... Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said today that her film about the Bosnian war should be a 'wake-up call' for the world to act in time to prevent atrocities like those now happening in Syria....

Government 'committed' to Alan Turing gay pardon law

Edit BBC News 22 Sep 2016
It has also received support from TV presenter Stephen Fry and actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Mr Turing in the film The Imitation Game ... enciphered with the Enigma machine during World War Two ... The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop the code-cracking work that had proved vital to the Allies in World War Two....

Marion Cotillard announces pregnancy, denies Pitt reports

Edit Austin American Statesman 22 Sep 2016
The star of such films as "The Artist" and "Rust and Bone" said that she is "not used to commenting on things like this nor taking them seriously ... The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for her performance as the legendary French singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose," stars with Pitt in the upcoming World War II romantic thriller "Allied."....

Journalist has surprise reunion in Toronto with Syrian refugee family

Edit Topix 22 Sep 2016
Lyse Doucet, a high-profile BBC correspondent, hadn't seen the Sabbagh family since she filmed them in war-torn Syria By now you may have seen it. images of the BBC's Chief International Correspondent running and embracing a family of Syrian refugees at a picnic in Toronto, video of which spread like feel-good wildfire online Tuesday ... ....

Exclusive Photos: Tour a $29 Million Modernist Mansion for Sale in Miami Beach

Edit Forbes 22 Sep 2016
A two-story spec house on Miami Beach’s La Gorce Island—featured in Rihanna’s music video for 'Needed Me' and in the new film, 'War Dogs'—is now on the market for $29 million, following a recent $3 million price cut ... ....

Disney is already lowering box-office expectations for Star Wars: Rogue One

Edit The Verge 22 Sep 2016
The new film, which focuses on the group that steals the Death Star plans at the heart of the 1977 original, has had a tough go of it in the last few ......
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